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URL:https://www.yaleclub.de/events/an-evening-with-evan-gershkovich-in-con
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Evan Gershkovich in conversation with Joshua Yaffa
DESCRIPTION:THIS CURSED BEAUTIFUL LAND\nNOTES FROM INSIDE THE RUSSIAN PRISO
 N SYSTEM\nIn March 2023\, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich wa
 s meeting a source 900 miles east of Moscow when masked FSB agents stormed
  in\, blindfolded him\, and took him away. He was charged with espionage a
 nd imprisoned in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison. Over the next 16 m
 onths in captivity\, Gershkovich was both a hostage and pawn in a larger g
 eopolitical conflict\, drawing in Russia\, the U.S.\, and Europe. All the 
 while\, Gershkovich continued reporting\, chronicling Russia’s prison sy
 stem while awaiting a fate decided at the highest levels of government. Ge
 rshkovich's story spans topics of interest and urgency in both the U.S. an
 d Europe: namely\, how has Russia's war in Ukraine upended relations betwe
 en Russia and the West\, and how to make sense of a country that has incre
 asingly become a black box? Not to mention how Russia itself has transform
 ed\, its politics darkening further and a repressive apparatus gaining eve
 r more momentum.\nIn This Cursed Beautiful Land\, Gershkovich recounts hi
 s arrest\, imprisonment\, and the historic prisoner exchange that secured 
 his freedom\, with an eye toward understanding for himself and explaining 
 to the outside world a country that remains enigmatic. In conversation wit
 h Joshua Yaffa\, who covered Russia for The New Yorker for many years\, he
  will speak to the many harrowing details and important lessons of his own
  story for transatlantic audiences.  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: Evan Gershkovich
  is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Born in New Jerse
 y to Soviet émigrés\, he lived in Russia for over five years before his 
 2023 arrest and subsequent sixteen-month imprisonment on false espionage c
 harges. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times\, The Economis
 t and Foreign Policy\, and he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2025 as par
 t of an investigative team for The Journal.\nABOUT THE MODERATOR: Joshua Y
 affa is Writer-in-Residence at Bard College Berlin. He is a contributing w
 riter at The New Yorker and the author of “Between Two Fires: Truth\, Am
 bition\, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia”\, which won the Orwell Priz
 e in 2021.\nAdmission is free\, registration requested​. \nPlease sign u
 p for the talk via this link. \nTo watch the livestream → click here\n
 ​There is no need to register to watch online​\n​\nThis event is par
 t of Munich Dialogues on Democracy in cooperation with "Writing Democracy\
 ," a joint project of Bard College Berlin and Heinrich Böll Foundation.\n
 The event will be in-person and live online. There will be a drinks recept
 ion for all at Amerikahaus after the talk.
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CATEGORIES:Munich,Munich Dialogues on Democracy,virtual
LOCATION:Amerika Haus\, Karolinenplatz 3\, Munich\, 80333\, Germany
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